Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

UpdaterApp - a Library for Easy Update

by William Costa Rodrigues

This article explains an easy method to download and update your WinForms application

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Win8

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

7 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

Win7

Win8

Windows

SysAdmin

Smart WPF Login Overlay (Windows 8 Style)

3 Dec 2012 by DotNetMastermind

Port a 2D libgdx game to MonoGame

14 Apr 2014 by Giannakakis Kostas

Port your libgdx games to run in Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms

Autoshutdown Service in C#

10 Jan 2014 by Kees van Spelde

This is an alternative for "AutoShut, my first program in C#"

WinRT : Simple ScheduleControl

16 Sep 2013 by Sacha Barber

DirectX and Pure Assembly Language: Doing What Can't be Done - Part IV(b): the Full DirectX App

26 Jun 2018 by CMalcheski

A Full DirectX Sample Application Created in Pure Assembly Language

Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Part 1 – Windows 8 App Basics

23 Oct 2012 by Chris_Bowen

We’ll be using HTML5, JavaScript, WinJS, and some helpful libraries from CreateJS along the way.

Javascript

Win8

Windows

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

UNITY 3D – Game Programming – Part 9

8 May 2015 by Vahe Karamian

The ninth article in a series to discuss Unity 3D and how to get started with your own 3D projects.

UNITY 3D – NETWORK GAME PROGRAMMING

26 May 2015 by Vahe Karamian

This article will cover the basics of network programming using Network View in Unity 3D. We will be creating an Authoritative Server based networking environment showcasing the basics functions of network programming using Unity 3D and C#.

Using Font Icons

12 Aug 2013 by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

Kinect v2 Point Cloud Scanner and Viewer

3 Apr 2017 by Edgar Maass

Display a Point Cloud grabbed by the Microsoft Kinect v2 in a OpenGL control

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

19 May 2015 by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

23 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

UPnP code for Windows 8

13 Sep 2012 by ljw1004

How to use UPnP on Windows 8

Reading Ultrabook Sensor Data with the Windows 8 Sensor API

6 Nov 2012 by Yvan Rodrigues

A head start for App Innovation contestants

Google reCaptcha v2 with MVC5

9 Apr 2015 by Royston Malcomber

Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5

UNITY 3D – Leap Motion Integration

8 Jul 2015 by Vahe Karamian

This article will cover the basics of Leap Motion integration into your Unity 3D project. We will look at the basic setup and implementation of the basics to get you started. In order for you to try the code, you will need to have the Leap Motion hardware.

Desktop Screen Capture on Windows via Windows Desktop Duplication API with Drawing of Cursor's Image

2 Aug 2016 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple article about using of Desktop Duplication API for capture desktop screen WITH image of cursor

AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 4 - Integrating AvalonEdit Options

31 Jan 2014 by Dirk Bahle

Integrate AvalonEdit with text editing options into AvalonDock [2.0]

Lee Algorithm Mazesolver

3 Mar 2024 by Shao Voon Wong

Lee Algorithm Mazesolver in MFC and Direct2D

A review and refresher on the Intel Ultrabook

4 Jan 2013 by Chris Maunder

Impressions on using a 3rd gen sensor-and touchscreen-equipped Intel Ultrabook prototype.

Win8

Ultrabook

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

Bidirectional Replication - in MySQL

28 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.

Fast and high quality Bitmap to icon converter

29 Jul 2013 by Ordiales

When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons

12 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme

RadialControls - Normal Controls, BenT

17 Jul 2015 by Ben Thorner

A tutorial on RadialControls - a library of circular controls for Windows 8 Apps.

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

12 Jun 2017 by LukeCodes

This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.

UpdaterApp - a Library for Easy Update

26 Sep 2019 by William Costa Rodrigues

This article explains an easy method to download and update your WinForms application

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

IOT Jukebox

26 Oct 2014 by Abhishek Nandy

An Overview of IOT

Getting Started with Azure API Management

26 Mar 2015 by Gaurav Aroraa

In this article, we will discuss basics of Azure API Management to manage our Web API.

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

Open a command prompt anywhere.

21 Jun 2011 by rnbergren

The reverse is true as well. Typing "explorer ." will open Explorer from the command line for the current directory you are in. That comes in useful on occasions.

Implementing WinRT Interfaces Defined Using WRL/C++ with WRL/C++, C++/CX and C#

8 Jan 2013 by orouit

This article demonstrates how to implement interfaces defined for a WinRT component using WRL and C++.

Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

23 Jul 2014 by Saad_Mahmood

Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Part 3 – Game Logic

18 Sep 2012 by Chris_Bowen

This is the third in a series of posts that will show you to create a (very) simple Windows 8 game.

Javascript

Win8

Windows

Using Smart cards with a Windows Store App

10 Feb 2013 by orouit

This article describes a solution to access API and resources that are not available with WinRT.

Explore 3D

15 Aug 2013 by Chris Boss

OpenGL based 3D learning software

PerCGameBox

13 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

An app that contains heavy dosage of perceptual games

Win7

Win8

Windows

Slider Thumb Tooltip

28 Jan 2014 by Borja Prado

How to convert slider thumb tooltip value

Win8

Windows

XAML

Trouble with HttpWebRequest Authorization

25 Apr 2014 by KarstenK

RFC 2617 on the net-platform

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

20 Jun 2014 by NobsterTheLobster

Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control

The Dew Review - DevExpress Universal 14.2.4

18 Feb 2015 by Alvin Ashcraft

This year I have been looking at and starting to use several components from the Universal 14.2.4 release.

Progress Bar in Cell – Excel

18 Mar 2016 by johnniealan

This article describes about adding progress bar in cell.

Using the Windows MIDI SYSEX API in .NET

13 Apr 2016 by Steve Grundy

This article describes using the Windows MIDI API functions in a managed environment.

Getting All "Special Folders" via VB.NET

12 Apr 2016 by Jalapeno Bob

A VB.NET version of Ray Koopa's 21 Mar 2016 article, Getting All "Special Folders" in .NET

Using SQLite, Leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to Create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or What is More Commonly Referred to as a Bell Curve

8 Dec 2016 by rerhart585

Using SQLite, leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or what is more commonly referred to as a Bell Curve.

Part 2: Getting Started with Using New Windows 8 Features

9 Feb 2012 by kishore Gaddam

More about new Windows 8 features

Win8

What are possible ways to override User Access Control (UAC) while registering an ActiveX Control ?

22 Jul 2013 by Ron Beyer

The only solution is to turn UAC off, there's nothing you can do in code to get around this.UAC exists to protect the user from the code. For that reason the code can't bypass the user. If there was a way around this in code, then viruses or malware could bypass UAC without telling the user,...

Virtual Monopolium

4 Sep 2013 by KillBot Project

A make-over of one of the most popular family games, Monopoly.

How to Display Image In Picturebox in VC++ from Iplimage and Mat

9 Mar 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

How to convert iplimage and Mat to Picture Box in VC++

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

Tiled Background for Windows Store Applications

25 Mar 2018 by Matej Pavlů

Creating a replacement for missing TileBrush known from WPF.

Unleashing Path List Box | Expression Blend (WPF )

6 Jan 2015 by Saad_Mahmood

Unleashing Path List Box using Expression Blend

SoloGig v1.0 for Windows And Win 8.1 Tablets (not WinRT)

21 Mar 2015 by Joe Dufresne

A small utility app which uses the excellent NAudio library to help organize backing tracks (audio files for band minus one situations), chord / lead sheets, lyrics, etc. Intended for Windows tablets running a full version of Windows 8.1.

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

29 Jan 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

Open a command prompt anywhere.

23 Jun 2011 by Member 8009015

My XP method is to:Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Right click on cmd.exeSend to Desktop (shortcut)Right click on the Desktop shortcutClear the start in parameterOn the address line of any Explorer directory, start typing cmd and you will get a list of any icons on the Desktop starting...

A StringFormat Replacement for Windows RT

18 Apr 2013 by Yvan Rodrigues

A simple but effective way for format bound data in XAML with the Windows Runtime

Storyboarding Apps in PowerPoint

4 Jul 2013 by Timmy Kokke

The Storyboard extension is available for users of Visual Studio Ultimate, Premium and Test Professional.

What are possible ways to override User Access Control (UAC) while registering an ActiveX Control ?

23 Jul 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In addition to discussion in comments to Solution 1:You user is always free to lower down UAC protection. For example, on Windows 7:Control Panel -> Small Icons (All Control Panel Items) -> Action Center -> Change User Account Control Settings.If your customer lowers the slider down to...

To change the date format to YYYY-MM-DD

29 Jul 2013 by Member 9762654

string myDate = "12-Apr-1976 22:10";DateTime dateValue = DateTime.Parse(myDate);string format = "YYYY/MM/DD";string d = dateValue.ToString(format);try this

Win8

Windows

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

Query result is always empty.

13 Aug 2013 by OriginalGriff

'%@searchSome%' Is a string, so SQL does not try to do and parameter substitution.Try:SqlCommand("SELECT EngLyrics FROM dbo.Lyrics WHERE SongName LIKE '%' + @searchSome + '%';", DBConnectInfo.connection);

Klubd

18 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

Every Possible solution at one place

Win8

Windows

Retail-i-mate

21 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy

A must app for Tablet Guys!!

Win8

Windows

Don't Lose Your Marbles

23 Aug 2013 by Adrian Akison

App Innovation Game for Lenovo Horizon All-In-One

Preserving ClearText when using drop shadows

11 Sep 2013 by Niel M.Thomas

A tip to keep your text crisp and clear.

toast notifications like win8

1 Jan 2014 by Yvan Rodrigues

Not without third-party libraries. You would normally do this by referencing the WinRT runtime[^], and then making the API calls to show the toast:namespace BurntToast{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { MakeToast("Ooops.", "You...

How to Setup a Windbg Kernel Debugger to Debug Hyper-V Windows Client

4 Feb 2014 by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Debug your driver within a VM

Win8

Windows

Can I create Windows 8 xaml app with phonegap

28 Jan 2014 by DeepsMann

Hi,I have created a WP8 application with phonegap. Now i need to create same application for Windows 8. PhoneGap says to create it using Html5/Javascript metro app. There i need to use windows Runtime Component to call C# code. I tried to use WebRequest in a windows Runtime Component class,...

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Combining WinJS, TypeScript, jQuery and KnockOut

10 Feb 2014 by Timmy Kokke

A very simple Windows Store application based on TypeScript that uses jQuery and KnockOut to get some data from the internet and show this in a GridView

How do I convert System.Drawing into windows.graphics.imaging ?

18 Feb 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I'm not sure you really needs that, as it would be better to do it all in WPF in first place. However, there are cases when it would be really needed.First approach would be: save System.Drawing.Bitmap to memory stream, and then read System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage from the same...

C#4.0

Win8

Windows

How to make your own winapi function?

10 Mar 2014 by CPallini

Of course you can make an API.The code for GetPixel-like function would probably end up in a call to the actual GetPixel, that is often an API leverages an existing one.The secrets for implementing an API are: make the code robust, write good documentation (there are technical details of...

Out of Memory Exception in window 8

25 Mar 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I said that showing exception stack along would be not informative, but actually, after looking at it I got a clear idea what, most likely, is missing. Thank you.Please look thoroughly at the declaration of the class...

.NET

Win8

Windows

How to split a video file using winrar and set password for all files

19 May 2014 by Maciej Los

Please, read my comment to the question and - please - don't do that! It's ineffective way. Use Google Disk instead.

Win7

Win8

Windows

Getting Icon Overlays to Work

28 May 2014 by Joan M

Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit

Win7

Win8

Windows

Game Optimization for Ultrabook™ Devices

16 Oct 2014 by Lee Bamber

In this article you will learn how to improve the speed of your 3D game and understand what to look out for when porting your application to Ultrabook systems.

Enter the Wormhole

16 Oct 2014 by Geoff Arnold

fter participating in an earlier Intel contest, developer Dave Gannon took on these challenges, coming back with a vengeance with Wormhole Pinball, the winning app in the games category in the Intel App Innovation Contest 2013 in partnership with the Intel® Developer Zone.

How do I give IIS a kick up the behind on Windows 8

21 Jun 2014 by Peter Leow

Refer: install-and-setup-a-website-in-iis-8-on-windows-8[^]

Win8

Windows

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved

5 Aug 2014 by vertex4343

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message

Developing Leap Motion Integrated Windows 8.1 Apps

7 Oct 2014 by Muhammad Muddasar Yamin

This tip is about the development Leap Motion integrated Windows 8.1 metro apps using C#

Can I Convert A 16 Bit Exe File To 64 Bit So That I Can Run On Latest Os?

20 Dec 2014 by PIEBALDconsult

No. You cannot convert an already-compiled program.As Bill said, if you have the source code (and I think you do) then you can use a newer compiler to compile for the newer systems.As many have suggested to your many other questions, Visual Studio Express may be the right tool to...

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

1 Jan 2015 by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Issue with back button when navigating in Windows Phone 8.1 RT App

9 Jan 2015 by Pooja Baraskar

You have to set the BackPressedEventArgs.Handled property to true. If your app is at its first page and can't navigate backwards, you should not handle the event and the operating system will suspend your app.First you have to enable the NavigationCacheMode and then add an event handler for...

An experiment with random-access data virtualisation in a Windows Store app with XAML, C# and Rx

26 May 2015 by FrankSzendzielarz

Here I share the code of an R&D experiment to explore an alternative approach to data virtualization, using Rx and a XAML ListView in a Windows Store app, where I consider the IObservableVector as an "Observing" collection that reacts to UI event streams

How to Sign Device Drivers with WDK 7.1

24 Jun 2015 by maratoni

This is a brief tutorial on how to sign a Windows device driver with WDK 7.1

Delete the latest file of each filename each month

9 Nov 2017 by Graeme_Grant

This will do it succinctly for you: var inFiles = new List { "Report 1 2017-08-01.xls", "Report 1 2017-08-09.xls", "Report 1 2017-08-27.xls", "Report 1 2017-09-01.xls", "Report 1 2017-09-09.xls", "Report 1 2017-09-18.xls", "Report 2 2017-08-01.xls", ...

Win8

Visual-Studio

Introduction to Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR - Multi-threaded OCR SDK for 32 and 64 Bit Development

7 Jan 2013 by LEADTOOLS Support

Introduce you to the key features of the new .NET OCR classes, provide you with a step-by-step approach for creating an OCR application, and provide you with sample code.

Open a command prompt anywhere.

24 Jun 2011 by thatraja

Here are a couple of other ways:Microsoft PowertoysSend to ToysManually add the context menuThrough batch fileThrough the RegistryAdd Command Prompt here Shortcut to Windows Explorer[^].

Windows 8 App Development – Follow Up

27 Aug 2012 by Gergo Bogdan

Windows 8 app development

Win8

Calculating hash values in Windows Metro Style applications using C#

4 Mar 2013 by Tyronne Thomas

Calculating hash values in Windows Metro style applications using C# and .NET 4.5.

async WCF call in Suspending event

19 Nov 2012 by earloc

I recently read about something similar and i did not try it out myself, but it seems to me like the runtime cancells your operation.try notifying the runtime of your outstanding operation by requesting a SuspendingDeferral[^]:private async void Current_Suspending(object sender,...

Win8

WCF

Windows 8 Notification Types

6 Feb 2013 by Jeff Blankenburg

I think what you're looking for is this:public async void ShowAlert(){ var t = new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog("This is an alert."); await t.ShowAsync();}You can find more details on the MessageDialog class...

Win8

Sharing Code: Adding NavigationService

30 Jun 2014 by saramgsilva

An example about NavigationService in share code scenarios, that will be registered in one IOC container and injected by the view model’s constructor.

Win8

Windows

Selection of a Final Year Project

31 May 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A whole ago, I found a wonderful passage from a book I use to learn some industrial design. It is written by a very famous designer, the owner of the successful leading design studio represented in several countries, often getting very expensive orders. Even though it mostly appeals to young...